The Browns Get Colt McCoy a Star Wide Receiver

Whether the Browns can get a star receiver in free agency, in the draft or via a trade, I don't care.

Just get McCoy someone on the outside who is fast and physical and can both get open out of defender coverage and block to help a strong running attack too.

A.J. Green is the obvious candidate in the first round if he is available, but I do like Alabama's Julio Jones who is in the mold of Anquan Boldin as a big and physical player who can use his size and strength to overpower defenders down the field.

As far as free agents are concerned, I also like Arizona's Early Doucet who is another Boldin clone, but I'm not sure if he is ready to be a No. 1 receiver just yet.

Get The Running Game a True Third Down Running Back

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Not to use a New England Patriots player as an example, but running back Danny Woodhead is really the best example in the NFL right now.

Not the biggest back in the league, and he could very well be the smallest, but having a solid third down back who can run and catch the ball is ideal in order to keep Peyton Hillis and (hopefully) Montario Hardesty healthy in 2011.

The Browns need to find their version of Woodhead either in the later rounds of the draft or free agency and if I could swing a deal, I would try to get Garrett Wolfe from the Chicago Bears or draft West Virginia's Noel Devine in the later rounds.

More Depth Needed at Cornerback

Second, Sheldon Brown is solid as a veteran presence on the team but he may be regressing as a starter as he gets older and he might be better as a third corner in defensive formations in 2011.

That means either the Browns re-sign Eric Wright and start him opposite of Haden (this is where Browns fans all say YIKES!) or get another quality starter for next season.

I say if and only if A.J. Green is gone in the first and if Julio Jones is not predicted to go in the top 15 picks, then the Browns try and get one of the two top corners in the upcoming draft class.

You might think there is no way the Browns would spend two first round picks in two straight years on a corner, but do not forget that this is a pass happy league and general manager Tom Heckert loves having lockdown corners on his defense.

Look at the Philadelphia Eagles when Heckert was there and he acquired both Ellis Hobbs and Asante Samuel to lock down the edges.

With Haden in place, do not doubt that the Browns could pick either LSU's Patrick Peterson or Nebraska's Prince Amukamara.

I say if not a receiver in the first, then go cornerback and let's lock down opposing receivers in 2011 and beyond.

Change The Defense To a 4-3 Scheme Already

Nose tackle Ahtyba Rubin has been fantastic in the middle of the Browns' 3-4 scheme this year, but the Browns do not have the type of linebackers to successfully run a strong 3-4 scheme.

I'm jumping off the 3-4 wagon and leading the charge in bringing back the 4-3.

Both Holmgren and Heckert like the 4-3 better and that means that change could happen sooner than you expect.

If the Browns go back then look for both Rubin and Shaun Rogers, who by the way cannot go anywhere since the contract is way too big so why not use him in a scheme he prefers, in the middle and that could mean young defensive end Jayme Mitchell could become a starter too.

Mitchell came from the Minnesota Vikings and their 4-3 scheme.

Obviously none of this will happen unless defensive coordinator Rob Ryan moves on to a head coaching role in 2011 and I'm thinking that will be the case too.